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to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

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curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

2

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

2

ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

2

to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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practice; practising; training; study

2

the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

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after that; afterwards; thereafter

2

breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

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to become; to be

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Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

2

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

2

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

1

epidemic; plague; pestilence

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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superstition; superstitious belief

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

1

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

2

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

1

bad; poor; shoddy

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to become

2

season; weather

2

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

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worn-out rice land

3

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

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next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

2

year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

1

deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

1

father

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to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1

unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

friendship

2

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

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this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

2

to say; to be called; to do

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